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Game One Recap & Highlights: Baseball – Texas A&M vs Auburn

jarrett johnson
·4 min read

Sometimes scores don’t really tell the whole story. Texas A&M (19-11, 4-6 SEC) took a few innings to retake the lead back from Auburn (18-11, 3-7 SEC), but solid pitching and consistent hitting put them on the right side of the scoreboard.

Nathan Dettmer got the Aggies off to a good start holding the Tigers scoreless and retiring the first six batters while striking out four of them. His pitching allowed the Aggies to take a two-run lead into the bottom of the third of a Ryan Targac single scoring Trevor Werner in the second inning. Then Brett Minnich, who’s been a hitting machine lately, knocked an RBI double in the third to score Hunter Haas.

Dettmers’ hot start hit a tragic halt at the bottom of the third. With a runner on second base and two outs, Dettmer walked a batter, then Auburn went in a mini hitting streak. Three straight singles and a double put the Tigers up 5-2.

Fortunately, those were the only runs scored by Auburn for the rest of the game as the Aggies clawed back into the lead. A home run by Jace LaViolette in the fourth and by Targac in the sixth put the Aggies within striking distance going into the seventh 5-4.

Texas A&M tied the game in the top of the seventh inning after Haas scored on a wild pitch. Werner is also starting to find his swing again, hitting a three-run home run to center field to take the lead 5-8.

The final run came ona sac fly in the top of the ninth by Targac getting Kasen Wells across the plate to push the lead to 5-9. Evan Aschenbeck, with two outs in the bottom of the ninth, struck out the last batter to close out the coin.

As a final note, even though Dettmer had a rough third inning he still pitched well and had a career high 11 strikeouts.

Final Score: Aggies 9, Tigers 5 – W: Aschenbeck, Evan (4-0); L: Bauman, Tanner (2-1)

Game two will take place on April 7th at 1pm.

Check out some highlights from the series courtesy of the Official Texas A&M Twitter account.

Almost Game Time

Three up Three Down

Again three up three down

Brett Minnich has been on fire

The Freshman is showing off his power

Dettmer stacking up the strikeouts

Targac going yard

A score is a score and we'll take it

Werner getting back on track

Yoga does a body good

Nathan Dettmer with a solid night

Story originally appeared on Aggies Wire